Success in innovation improving the odds by understanding the factors for unsuccess

This book is for professionals involved in innovation, such as techno-starters, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, university lecturers and graduate students. Laymen may read it out of interest in the topic and should be able to get a good general understanding, but may not appreciate the more comp...

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Main Author: Verloop, Jan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington Elsevier Science 2013
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505 0 |a Front Cover; Success in Innovation: Improving the Odds by Understanding the Factors for Unsuccess; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Innovation Process; Chapter 1: Insights in Innovation; 1.1. What is innovation; 1.2. The Bridge Model; Stage I: Creating the product and business concepts; Stage II: Developing and demonstrating the product; Stage III: Developing, or acquiring access to, the supply chain; Stage IV: Building the business; 1.3. Chances of success; 1.4. The impact of innovation; 1.5. Innovation needs to be managed 
505 0 |a 6.2. Misinformation and deceit6.3. Bad luck; Summary II; Part III: Factors for Success; Chapter 7: Internal Factors; 7.1. Patents; 7.2. Investors; 7.3. Launching customer; 7.4. Strategic partners; 7.5. Advisors; 7.6. Timing; Chapter 8: External Factors; 8.1. Subsidy; 8.2. Standards; 8.3. Open innovation; 8.4. Sustainable innovation; 8.5. Innovation environment; 8.6. Serendipity; Summary III; Appendix; Option Value; Index 
505 0 |a Chapter 2: The Innovation Bridge2.1. Crossing the bridge; 2.2. Stage I -- Creating the product and business concepts; Product concept; Business plan; Starting a company; Financing stage I; 2.3. Stage II -- Developing and demonstrating the product; 2.4. Stage III -- Developing access to the supply chain; 2.5. Stage IV -- Building the business; 2.6. Guarding the tollgates; Chapter 3: Building the Business; 3.1. The building blocks; 3.2. Strategic orientation; 3.3. Designing the business; 3.4. Project execution plan; Cost and time overruns; Demonstrating the product; Managing expectations 
505 0 |a Being ready for the launch3.5. Financial planning; 3.6. Organizing the business; Integrity in data and systems; Operating effectively and efficiently; Meeting legal requirements; Summary I; Part II: Factors for Unsuccess; Chapter 4: Wrong Starts; 4.1. Solution looking for a problem; 4.2. Too much optimism; 4.3. Not the right entrepreneur; Chapter 5: Poor Execution; 5.1. Not managing risks; 5.2. Refinancing in the Valley; 5.3. Lacking key capabilities; 5.4. Losing the momentum; 5.5. Making wrong assessments; Chapter 6: Unhappy Endings; 6.1. Not keeping costs down 
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520 |a This book is for professionals involved in innovation, such as techno-starters, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, university lecturers and graduate students. Laymen may read it out of interest in the topic and should be able to get a good general understanding, but may not appreciate the more complex issues. Provides guidelines for assessing innovative ideasIncludes methods for valuing innovationDiscusses the danger points in the innovation processExplains the planning and development processesIncludes innovation modelsDiscus